My Garden Is Flooded

[MyGardenIsFlooded]

Looking for some advice please, my garden keeps flooding We had some drainage put in during the summer, four channels put in (hope you can see them in the pic, the sections that look black) and the garden has been better but it's not coped with this crazy rain.

My neighbours don't seem to flood so not sure why ours is so bad.

Can anyone recommend what I need to fix the problem?

Thanks

Ah ok I understand that now thank u 👍 so should the builders have put that in? Few things wrong that the builders have done bloomin wrong

Could you speak to the school about digging a long hole their side of your fence? Or plant some more bushes that side - using lots of soil?

You can’t drain it away unless there’s somewhere to drain it to.

If it’s already drained, you may be able to plant it up, just avoid anything that wants well drained soil. Or redo your plans to include a low bog garden that the water can drain into, and use the soil you excavate to raise the level of the surrounding ground.

Our garden does that too. It’s no problem, apart from needing wellies after heavy rain

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Could you speak to the school about digging a long hole their side of your fence? Or plant some more bushes that side - using lots of soil?

Something that doesn't mind wet feet, such as dogwoods maybe. Our back border is clay with run off from a lane behind it, we've got quite a few of those and other damp-tolerant plants.

It does look like it's coming off the fields mostly, but if you installed water butts on your house guttering it would at least prevent the water from your roof adding to the problem. Try make sure there is always capacity in the butt. If it fills and heavy rain is forecast, draw off bucketfuls and make use of it. Flush the loo with it if necessary.

As everyone has already said, plant thirsty trees to soak up the water. Shrubs and hedges can also be good.

vandalise neighbours' plastic grass